Item Description: Sun Dial Press, 1944. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Three 1" tears on top spine edge, ink name & date on front free endpaper. 1944 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author! "When Miranda Wells is summoned by her distant cousin Nicholas Van Ryn to live with his family at his luxurious residence in Hudson, New York, she thinks her dreams of romance will come true.". Bookseller Inventory # 1289498

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin, 1944. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ex-library with typical marks, worn edges; broken and repaired hinges; yellowing; a reading copy. The jacket is heavily creased, chipped and torn; taped to the covers. "At 18 Miranda Wells was tired of churning butter an weeding the garden patch; revolted by the dull young farmers who sought her hand; stifled by back country New England piety. Then one May afternoon in 1844 came an invitation to live at Dragonwyck, estate of her distant relative, the great Nicholas Van Ryn." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 127831. Bookseller Inventory # 127831

Item Description: The Blakiston Co, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A., 1944. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Copyright 1943, 1944, hardcover, 313 pages. SYNOPSIS: "The story was suggested by a news item in the New York Herald, 1849, but the main characters are entirely fictional. The historical framework - manor system, anti-rent wars, Astor Place massacre, and steamboat race - is founded on fact. Set on the Hudson, a Gothic mansion with eerie manifestations." CONDITON: Corners and spine edges are worn. Pages are tanned. Small bookstore sticker inside back cover. Binding is secure. Bookseller Inventory # 005121

Item Description: Council On Books in Wartime, NY, 1944. Softcover. Book Condition: Fair. First Edition; First Printing. Cover is rubbed and has staining on the area near the spine. , creases and edge wear. Spine is faded. Text is tanned and has edge wear. Back cover has stains faded and creased. Has cello wrapper. ; Abridged. These books were issued by the Council on Books in Wartime (1942–1946). In 1942, the Council created a War Book Panel to choose titles officially recommended by the Council. These small booklets were sized to fit the pocket of a person serving in the wartime efforts and were specifically for the exclusive distribution to members of the American Armed Forces. ; 6.5" x 4.5"; 415 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 38379

Item Description: Sun Dial Press, New York, 1945. Hardcover. Reprint. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak and cracked. ; Longing for an adventure away from her farm duties, eighteen-year-old Miranda Wells accepts her distant cousin's invitation to spend time with him at his gothic Hudson River estate in 1844. ; 316 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 19562

Item Description: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Good condition book with DJ.Content clean and sharp with little spotting to few pages and page ends. Small inscriptions on the first blank page.Fair DJ with little tears and losses around the edges and light toning to sides.Good reading copy. Bookseller Inventory # WF-JV-R279-C11-00032

Item Description: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1953. Softcover (Illustrated). Book Condition: Good. Reprint. author's note. Colour illustrated card cover with blue, white and black colour titles to the front panel and backstrip.The story of a romantic house on the Hudson River - Dragonwyck, and of the house's owner - the evil yet impelling Nicholas Van Ryn. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Chipping to the backstrip corners, which a previous owner has protected with "invisible" tape. Browning to the textblock edges and to the internal pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (8), 9-254, (2) pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance. Inventory No: 0114374. This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $6.50 for shipment within Australia. Bookseller Inventory # 0114374

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1944. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. Blue buckram with gilt lettering. All edges rubbed. Previous owner signature to wrinkled front endpaper. Text is clean and bright, no marks, lightly and evenly tanned. DJ shows heavy edgewear, chips and small tears. Wonderful cover art. "At eighteen Miranda Wells was tired of churning butter and weeding the garden patch; revolted by the dull young farmers who sought her hand; stifled by the back-country New England piety. Then one May afternoon in 1844 came an invitation to live at Dragonwyck, estate of her distant relative, the great Nicholas Van Ryn." (from the jacket). Bookseller Inventory # V80611